Aduthathu

Aduthathu
Theatrical poster
Directed byThakkali Srinivasan
Screenplay byThakkali Srinivasan
R. Narayanan (dialogues)
Based onAnd Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
StarringNassar
Sriman
Vaiyapuri
Aarthi
Ilavarasu
Meenal
Darshini
CinematographyEzhil
Edited byMaha Vishnu
Music byPeter Balaji
Production
company
Sutradhar
Distributed byKeyaar
Release date
  • 23 September 2011 (2011-09-23)
Running time
1hr 43m
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Aduthathu (transl. Next) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Thakkali Srinivasan.[1][2] The film stars Nassar, Sriman, Vaiyapuri, Ilavarasu, Aarthi and Meenal. The film is based on Agatha Christie's mystery novel And Then There Were None.[3]

Plot

Cast

Controversy

There was a controversy that the 2015 Kannada film Aatagara is the remake of the film. At this point of time, the team of Aatagara arranged a special screening of the film for Thakkali Srinivasan in Bangalore. Srinivasan clarified that it is not a remake of his film. He also praised Aatagara of being an extremely well made film. He also revealed that he had made a serial inspired from Agatha Christe's novel And Then There Were None in 1995. Later he made the film Aduthathu inspired by the same. For both these, Kannan Parameshwaran worked on the story. Kannan also wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for Aatagara inspired by the same novel. Srinivasan had said that anything similar was to the novel and not his film.[5]

Reception

A critic from Behindwoods wrote that "Aduthathu is a movie that wants to ride on suspense throughout. It does quite well in that respect, but the script gets its timing wrong when it comes to unravelling the suspense and that is a major drawback".[6]

References

  1. ^ Raghavan, Nikhil (27 August 2011). "Itsy Bitsy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ Raghavan, Nikhil (7 May 2011). "Itsy Bitsy". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ^ Rawat, Kshitij (11 February 2022). "A brief history of Agatha Christie's (Mostly uncredited) Indian adaptations: Gumnaam, Shubho Mahurat, and Grandmaster". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Sriman in 'Aduthathu'". The Times of India. 27 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Tamil Director Ends Aatagara Controversy – Exclusive". Chitraloka. 30 September 2015. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Aduthathu Movie Review". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.